Prix de Rome Laureates
Gaston Thys
Premier Grand Prix de Rome in painting, 1889
Gaston Thys wins the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in painting, 1889, and becomes a resident of the French Academy in Rome, at the Villa Medici.
The journey to Rome took place in the 19th century, within the long history of the French Academy.
That same year, the Premier Grand Prix was also awarded to Ernest Laurent.